Comboni Missionaries' Team

According to new data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the volume of major arms transferred between states increased by 9.2 per cent between 2016–20 and 2021–25. States in Europe more than tripled their arms imports, making it the biggest recipient region. Total exports by the United States, the world’s largest supplier […]

One of the most important things for a happy, meaningful life is to have a goal, a positive purpose that does good for others and for ourselves. It can be helping in the community, supporting in a shelter for the homeless, or raising funds for a worthy cause. Some people feel called to be involved

There was no rain, and it was very hot. The animals that did not have deep wells were very thirsty. Rabbit went to Antelope and said, “Friend Antelope, I have no water and I am very thirsty. Will you help me to dig a deep well? Then we can both have water.” “Yes,” said Antelope.

Father Pepe Girau Pellicer describes the experience at the Ankanful prison in Ghana. “We experience the mission in its dual dimension of proclaiming the Gospel and promoting humanity.” The large Ankanful prison complex is located about six kilometres from Cape Coast, the Ghanaian city where we Comboni Missionaries have an international scholasticate, where I am

Mexican Comboni nun, Sr. Rosa María del Socorro, talks to us about her experience in one of the most difficult areas of the Dominican Republic. I worked for several years in Chad, Africa; among the indigenous Mazatec people in southern Mexico; and in Haiti. I am currently in Barahona, the Dominican Republic, where I am

“Sometimes I think the only way to talk about God is to remain silent and offer an embrace full of tenderness and hope,” Father Alessio Geraci, an Italian Comboni Missionary, tells us about his missionary experience on the outskirts of Lima. I am the parish priest of Cristo Misionero del Padre, in Chorrillos, on the

“As Comboni Lay Missionaries, we are present in 21 countries in Europe, America and Africa. We come together to have a common missionary presence and to share our lives with needy communities on the peripheries of cities or in rural areas where many are forgotten, and also in our countries of origin”. From the beginning

“Secularity” is the dimension that distinguishes the spirit and the way in which we embody the gift of the Comboni charism. We live in the world, inserted into our own social, professional and ecclesial environment.   “The Lord has also chosen you to collaborate through prayer, the total gift of yourselves, and the work of

“There are many paths that we travel along: deserts and forests, outskirts and frontiers, poor roads, tarmac and rivers, villages and cities. Although we express ourselves through different ministries, we are united by a single desire: to care for life”. We were born from Saint Daniel Comboni’s great dream, from an ideal that fills our

“We have been called to ‘go out of ourselves’ and reach out to others, embracing their differences and engaging with their personal histories, cultures, and religious experiences. These people become the subjects of our mission and our interlocutors in the discourse of evangelisation”. Not without a touch of pride, which translates into a deep sense